Exhibitions in the Middle East

Word into ArtDubai International Finance Centre (6 February – 30 April 2008)

Exhibitions and events in London

Shah 'Abbas: the remaking of Iran19 February – 14 June 2009

Babylon13 November 2008 – 15 March 2009

Middle East Now season18 May – 3 September 2006

Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East

The Royal Game of Ur

Sculptures in the Great Court

On-going fieldwork and research projects

Sasanian coin projectThe comprehensive results of Tehran's joint research with the British Museum on the Sasanian Coin Project will be published in three fully illustrated catalogues in 2008/9.

Tell es-Sa‘idiyeh excavationsTo study in detail a large and strategically important site in one of the most fertile regions of the Levant, and to understand Tell es-Sa‘idiyeh in its environmental setting.

Sidon excavationsA unique opportunity to systematically excavate ancient Sidon, which is well known historically from ancient texts but previously unexplored archaeologically, in conjunction with the Lebanese Department of Antiquities.

Ashurbanipal LibraryThe Ashurbanipal Library Project is the fruit of a long-term cooperation with Iraqi colleagues in Mosul University in Iraq. The ultimate aim of this project is to produce an up-to-date catalogue of the entire Nineveh library tablets.

British Museum Siraf projectTo provide a complete catalogue of the around 32,000 finds from the Siraf excavations that are held at the British Museum. This catalogue will be comprised of two main elements: a finds database and a hard-copy publication.

MENCAWARTo publish a full catalogue of the Ancient South Arabia collection in the British Museum in collaboration with the University of Pisa; Yarmouk University, Jordan and the University of St Joseph, Lebanon.

Merv, TurkmenistanThis excavation series covers over 1,500 years of history at one of the most important ancient city-sites in Central Asia.